The Provocateur
2025 EP by Adéla
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The Provocateur is the debut extended play (EP) by Slovak singer-songwriter Adéla. It was released by Capitol Records and Polydor Records[2] and distributed by UMG Recordings on 22 August 2025. To promote the EP, Adéla embarked on The ProvocaTour in October 2025.[3]
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| Released | 22 August 2025 |
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| Length | 19:57 |
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Background and release
After competing and being eliminated in the 2023 Hybe and Geffen Records reality competition series Dream Academy alongside 19 other girls[4] and appearing in the Netflix documentary Pop Star Academy: Katseye,[5] Adéla began a career as a solo artist. On 13 September 2024, she released her debut single "Homewrecked," On 25 October 2024, she released her second single, "Superscar." Ones to Watch describes the song as "deliciously catchy" with an "intoxicating pop beat."[6] On 28 February 2025, Adéla released "Machine Girl," a Grimes-produced pop track. On 11 July 2025, she released "DeathByDevotion" and announced the release date for the EP. On 13 August 2025, she announced she was pushing the release date from 15 August to 22 August to add an additional track to the EP.[7]
On August 22, the EP was released alongside a music video for "SexOnTheBeat". Its cover art, which depicts Adéla urinating in the street, was described by Vogue and Harper's Bazaar as seeming to pay homage to Sophy Rickett's "Pissing Women" photography series.[8][3]
7" vinyl records were released for SexOnTheBeat and Superscar, while the EP was released on CD.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Superscar" |
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| Knoche | 3:14 |
| 2. | "Sex on the Beat" |
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| Zhone | 2:46 |
| 3. | "Machine Girl" |
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| 2:36 |
| 4. | "Homewrecked" |
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| 2:54 |
| 5. | "Go" |
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| 2:45 | |
| 6. | "Death by Devotion" |
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| 3:16 |
| 7. | "Finally Apologizing" |
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| 2:21 |
| Total length: | 19:57 | ||||
Notes:
- "Sex on the Beat" is stylised as "SexOnTheBeat".
- "Machine Girl" is stylised as "MachineGirl".
- "Death by Devotion" is stylised as "DeathByDevotion".
- "Finally Apologizing" is stylised as "FinallyApologizing".
Personnel
Musicians[9]
- Adéla – vocals (all tracks), vocal programming (track 1), background vocals (track 3), engineering (track 4)
- Alex Chapman – background vocals (track 2)
- Zhone – drums, keyboard, mixing (track 2), programming, engineering (tracks 2, 6), vocal production (track 6)
- Grimes – background vocals (track 3)
- Y2K – bass, keyboard, percussion, programming, engineering, vocal production (track 5)
- Dylan Brady – bass, percussion (track 5), keyboard (tracks 5, 7), programming (tracks 5, 6), vocal production (tracks 5,6), engineering (track 6)
- Blake Slatkin – keyboard, synthesizer (track 7)
- Lucy Healey – electric piano (track 7)
Technical
- Jack Kennedy – mastering (track 1)
- Nico Fabito – mixing (tracks 1, 3–4), mastering (track 4)
- Grant Knoche – programming, engineering (track 1)
- Dale Becker – mastering (tracks 2–3, 5–7)
- Sam Catalano – programming, engineering (track 3)
- Liam Benayon – engineering (tracks 3–4), programming (track 4)
- Dylan Harrison Lubin – programmer (track 4)
- Geoff Swan– mixing (track 5–6), engineering (track 7)
- Matt Cahill – mixing (track 7)